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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 27, 2018
Completed: Feb 21, 2018

  • Quilted Cherry back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Dec 28

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 30

glue in tail block

3

Dec 31

rout & glue-in end graft, kerf top edge, kerf bottom edge, brace back

4

Jan 4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 7

clean up body, rout dovetail, drill tuner holes, glue fretboard onto neck, rout binding channels, glue in top binding

7

Feb 8

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 12

first coat of oil

10

Feb 13

second coat of oil

11

Feb 16

third coat of oil

12

Feb 17

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 19

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 20

make saddle, (put in pickup, if any), cut nut, final fretwork, put in tuners, put on strings

Original Wood Set